Real Revolution — Page 155
155 people a proper dislike of the old order we had found in prevalence. Many of our own yonng men are unduly fond of aping the western ways. . From a desire to be in the West, they have neglected, and are neglecting, to emphasise the. Islamic way in their life, in contrast with that of the Western way. Instead of concentrating fully on demolishing the old order, all we can do in the circumstances is to remain occupied with the task of winning back cur own youngmen from the Western influence. But here too the unfortunate fact seems to be that while we win back one such young man, the enemy misleads and takes under its wings scores of others. Instead of effacing the untavourable and hostile order, most of our energies are being dissipated in the task of rescuing our owa people from its clutches. . The utmost need of the time for us, however, is that we should give our fullest attention to the task of replacing the present world order with the. Islamic civilization, in every detail of human life. . Role of the Promised Messiah in bringing about this Revolution. The question here might arise in the mind of some people that if this was really the sense in which the Promised Messiah interpreted the verses of the Holy Quran, and his own revelations, as quoted above, and it that was so, why did he